August Clemens Glier
(1846-1897) was the third generation in his family of
musical instrument makers and dealers. The original
company was founded in the early nineteenth century by
his grandfather, Christian Wilhelm August Glier
(1793-1825) and continued by his father Wilhelm August
Glier (1821-1876). August Clemens founded his own
company as a string instrument maker and trading
company in Markneukirchen in 1878. By the turn of the
century it became a very well-known company trading
both within Germany and worldwide. It marketed
instruments, parts and accessories by smaller
manufacturers. After the death of August Clemens his
sons Otto Clemens Glier (1879-1914) and Albert Paul
Glier (1882-1977) took over the company with Paul
continuing as sole owner following Otto's death. The
company was discontinued in 1961.

A.C. Glier also marketed a broad variety of
instruments including brasses, woodwinds, and
strings, and also zithers and the bandoneón a
type of concertina very popular Argentina.
In 1911 Glier provided the first 18 insturments for
the newly founded Posaunenchor of the YMCA at
Niederndorf. The present “first class soloist
horn” was ordered by Pastor Müller in care of Prof.
Ernst Klinger apparrently at the
Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirche Sachsens
Posaunenmission in Grossenhain, Dresden, Germany (see
its original invoice, below)..

I don’t know who These Guys
are but the horn player is holding a single Bb horn
(left-handed) very similar horn to this right-handed
one by August Clemens Glier. They are believed to be
from eastern Europe or possibly Germany from circa
1925-30.